Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-253) and index.
"The first edition of this book showed that alongside the subtle forms of discrimination typical of the post Civil Rights era, a powerful new ideology of "color-blind racism" has emerged. Eduardo Bonilla-Silva documented how beneath the rhetorical maze of contemporary racial discourse lies a full-blown arsenal of arguments, phrases, and stories that whites use to account for and ultimately justify racial inequities." "In this new edition Bonilla-Silva has added a chapter dealing with the future of racial stratification in America that goes beyond the white/black dichotomy. He argues that the United States is developing a more complex and apparently "plural" racial order that will mimic Latin American patterns of racial stratification. Another new chapter addresses a variety of questions from readers of the first edition. The book has also been appropriately updated throughout with new information, data, and references."--Jacket.